The Francis and Ann Curran Center
for American Catholic Studies
Fordham University
Presents
Spring 2007 Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 6 - 9 pm: “Natural Law and Human Rights: Why, Contra Finnis,
Natural Law Needs Religion.”
Speaker: Michael J. Perry, Emory School of Law.
Commentators:
James Fleming, Fordham University Law School
Linda McClain, Hofstra University Law School
Charles Kelbley, Fordham University Philosophy Department and Law School
Location: Fordham University, McNally Amphitheatre,140 West 62nd Street, New York City.
Co-sponsored with Natural Law Colloquium.
Monday, February 26, 2007, 7:00 pm:
The Imaginations of Catholic Children
Second Annual Rita Cassella Jones Lecture Series
Speaker: Robert A. Orsi, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America,
Harvard Divinity School.
Location: Fordham University, Great Hall, Duane Library, Rose Hill Campus.
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
Immigration Lecture Series
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 4:30 pm: “Endless Journeys: The Dispersion of Foreign-Born Migrants to New Destinations.”
Speakers: Douglas Gurak & Mary Kritz, Polson Institute for Global Development, Cornell University, Department of Development Psychology.
Location: Fordham University, Music Room, McGinely Center (2nd floor), Rose Hill Campus.
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
Co-sponsored with The Cassamarca Foundation, The American Studies Program, Latin American and Latino Studies Institute, and the Sociology and Anthropology Department.
Thursday, March 29, 4:30 pm: “Origins of the Illegal Immigration Crisis”
Speaker: Mae Ngai, professor of History, Columbia University and author of Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America.
Location: Fordham University, University Commons, Duane Library, Rose Hill Campus.
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
Co-sponsored with The Cassamarca Foundation, The American Studies Program, Latin American and Latino Studies Institute, and the Sociology and Anthropology Department.
Thursday, April 26, 4:00 pm: “U.S. Immigration: Challenges for the 21st Century.”
Speaker: Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Chair in International Migration and director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University.
Location: Fordham University, University Commons, Duane Library, Rose Hill Campus.
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
Co-sponsored with The Cassamarca Foundation, The American Studies Program, Latin American and Latino Studies Institute, and the Sociology and Anthropology Department.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 7:30 pm: Poetry reading with BH Fairchild, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award and the Pen Center USA West Poetry Award, and author of The Art of the Lathe, a book of poems selected as a Finalist for the National Book Award in 1998.
Location: Fordham University, Great Hall, Duane Library, Rose Hill Campus.
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
Co-sponsored with the American Studies Program, the Bronx African-American History Project, and Fordham College.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 8:30 am - 4:45 pm: “Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Moral Questions for the 21st Century.”
Participants:
• Melissa A. Henrikson, Clare Boothe Luce assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University
• David A. Magnus, associate professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Stanford University, director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
• Steven S. Hall, author and science journalist, New York Times Magazine, Science Times, Discover
• Richard M. Doerflinger, deputy director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities,
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Stephen J. Pope, professor, Theological Ethics, Boston College
• Patrick Lee, professor of Bioethics, Franciscan University of Steubenville
• Christine Firer Hinze, professor of Theology, Fordham University
• R. Alta Charo, Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• H. Tristram Engelhardt, professor of Philosophy, Rice University
Moderators:
• Celia Fisher, Marie Ward Doty Professor of Psychology, Fordham University, director,
Center for Ethics Education
• Mark Massa, SJ, Karl Rahner Professor of Theology, Fordham University, co-director,
The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies
• Michael Baur, adjunct professor of Law, and associate professor of Philosophy,
Fordham University
• Donna M. Gitter, assistant professor, Legal & Ethical Studies, Fordham University
Location: Fordham University, McNally Amphitheatre, 140 West 62nd Street, New York City.
Co-sponsored with The Center for Ethics and Ethics Education and the Natural Law Colloquium.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 7:30 pm: Poetry reading with poet David Craig, author of nine volumes
of poetry including Hives of the Saints and Mary’s House, who writes about the intersection of art
and living one's Catholic faith.
Location: Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
Co-sponsored with Fordham College.
Saturday, June 9, 2007:
Click: Leadership in the U.S. Catholic Church for topics and speakers
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Press Briefing How Religious Traditions Think About Homosexuality
This is a non-public event co-sponsored with The Fordham Center on Religion and Culture and the Religion News Writers Association.
The objective is to provide journalists and editors with background knowledge of the stances of major religious traditions on homosexuality and how these are derived, the sources and nature of the relevant texts or authorities, their binding character, the chief minority positions, and access to experts in these traditions.
The Briefers: Qualified scholars able to clearly set out the dominant approach of his or her tradition and give some indication of the leading dissenting approach if any exists. Briefers will be available for questions after their presentations
Participants: The briefing is open to working/professional journalists and editors from newspapers, magazines, and electronic media.
Location: New York City.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 6:00 PM, Soul Searching, the Journey of Thomas Merton (R.S.V.P. by December 7th @ 718-817-0662 or Email @ cacs@fordham.edu)
A documentary film presented by award-winning producer Morgan Atkinson. Comments by Richard Giannone, professor of English at Fordham University and by Rev. Raymond Rafferty, pastor of Corpus Christi Church in Morningside Heights, where Merton was baptized.
Thomas Merton – Trappist monk, “believing beatnik,” brilliant author of books, essays and poetry, all rooted in his lifelong search for meaning. He is one of the most authentic and enduring voices of the 20th century, a man who truly lived the search he writes about.
The documentary goes to the heart of Merton’s spiritual journey. Morgan Atkinson spent years researching Merton’s work, as well as interviewing Merton friends, scholars and authorities on the spiritual life. Atkinson’s cameras reveal life at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton’s home of 27 years, as well as Merton’s path in New York City, Redwoods Monastery (California) and Christ in the Desert Monastery (New Mexico). The picture that emerges from Atkinson’s study provides provocative insights into the interior landscape of one of the spiritual giants of modern times while capturing the haunting physical beauty of the geography that both nurtured and shaped Merton.
Location: Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, Duane Library, Tognino Hall,
441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York.
